Converting a Bruder scania tipper to RC?

[welshsurferdude]

Is this possible? are there any knowledgeable PH'ers able to give me some advice on what bits to use?

Regards
Kenny

[jas xjr]

i am answering only on the basis that i used to sell bruder and some basic r/c .

would the bruder model be rather heavy for r/c ?

Edited by jas xjr on Saturday 18th August 14:42

[welshsurferdude]

Well I've seen some stuff on youtube and it seems entirely possible!

most of it is in germany etc.

There are some proper RC construction equipment but its a minimum of 2000quid for a second hand one rising up to 11,000 euros for one made of metal and hydraulics which is insane! for examples, search scaleart and wedico models.

Bruder models are on the other hand incredibly robust, detailed and cheap! Im sure it can be converted to RC for much less than the proper RC ones.
but I'm not knowledgeable on the RC internals.

[951TSE]

You might find what you're looking for on these two web forums. There's certainly loads about converting the diggers.

http://www.rc-trucking.com/viewforum.php?f=29

http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?...

This Spanish website has a video of the Scania converted to Electric / hydraulic operation. They also sell components to do the conversion yourself or ready converted but still relatively expensive ready built.

http://hobbyocasion.xopie.com/en/index

Looks fascinating, let us know how you get on.

[vdubbin]

I think the Tamiya 1:14 truck stuff should work, as it's designed for scale speeds, rahter than jumping ramps. You coudl have a 3 speed gearbox, lights, there's even a sound module you can plug in.

[welshsurferdude]

yeah I'm going to convert a scania r series tipper which is in my other thread :-)